Environmental Impact Assessment Report For Public Disclosure Authorized Changzhi Sustainable Urban Transport Project E2858 v3 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Shanxi Academy of Environmental Sciences Sept, 2011 Public Disclosure Authorized I TABLE OF CONTENT 1. GENERAL ................................................................ ................................ 1.1 P ROJECT BACKGROUND ..............................................................................................1 1.2 B ASIS FOR ASSESSMENT ..............................................................................................2 1.3 P URPOSE OF ASSESSMENT AND GUIDELINES .................................................................4 1.4 P ROJECT CLASSIFICATION ...........................................................................................5 1.5 A SSESSMENT CLASS AND COVERAGE ..........................................................................6 1.6 I DENTIFICATION OF MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ......8 1.7 A SSESSMENT FOCUS ...................................................................................................1 1.8 A PPLICABLE ASSESSMENT STANDARD ..........................................................................1 1.9 P OLLUTION CONTROL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TARGETS .............................5 2. ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE ................................ ................................ 2.1 N ATURAL ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................3 2.2 S OCIAL ENVIRONMENT .............................................................................................13 2.3 U RBAN TRANSPORTATION .........................................................................................16 2.4 R ELEVANT TRANSPORTATION PLANS ..........................................................................18 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS ................................ ................................ 3.1 P ROJECT DESCRIPTION ..............................................................................................23 3.2 M AJOR PROJECT COMPONENTS ..................................................................................23 3.3 I NTEGRATED CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT ....................................................................24 3.4 P UBLIC TRANSIT SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE .......................................................51 3.5 I NTELLIGENT URBAN TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ........................................56 3.6 I NSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT .................................................................56 3.7 S CHEDULES OF PROJECT CONSTRUCTION ...................................................................57 3.8 T RAFFIC VOLUME PROJECTION ..................................................................................57 4 COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVES ................................ ............................ 4.1 C OMPARISON OF “W ITH ” AND “W ITHOUT ” P ROJECT SCENARIO .................................66 4.2 A NALYSIS OF SITE SELECTION FOR PARKING LOT AND BUS DEPOTS ..............................68 4.3 C OMPARISON OF BUS LANE ALTERNATIVES .................................................................69 4.4 C OMPARISON OF FUEL AT GAS STATION ......................................................................72 4.5 C OMPARISON OF ROAD SELECTION ............................................................................72 5 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND ITS MITIGATION AND CONTROL MEASURE ................................................................ ................................ 5.1 D ESIGN PHASE ..........................................................................................................74 5.2 E NVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MITIGATION MEASURE DURING CONSTRUCTION PHASE ........74 II 5.3 E NVIRONMENT IMPACT AND POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURE DURING OPERATION PHASE ......................................................................................................................................87 6 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ............................................... 112 6.1 O BJECTIVES ........................................................................................................... 112 6.2 E NVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS ...................................................... 112 6.3 E NVIRONMENTAL SUPERVISION PLAN .....................................................................114 6.4 S UMMARY OF MITIGATIONS .................................................................................... 115 6.5 E NVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN .....................................................................121 6.6 C APACITY BUILDING ..............................................................................................125 6.7 P UBLIC COMPLAINING PROCEDURES .......................................................................126 6.8 R EPORTING PROCEDURES .......................................................................................126 6.9 C OST ESTIMATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT .........................................127 7 PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE .................129 7.1 G UIDANCE AND PRINCIPLES ....................................................................................129 7.2 O BJECTIVES ...........................................................................................................129 7.3 M ETHOD , T IMING AND CONTENT ............................................................................129 7.4 R ESULTS ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION ........................................................135 7.5 I NFORMATION DISCLOSURE ....................................................................................137 7.6 C ONCLUSION ..........................................................................................................138 8 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................ 139 8.1 B ENEFIT OF THE PROJECT ........................................................................................139 8.2 E NVIRONMENTAL QAULITY CONDITION ..................................................................139 8.3 E NVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS DURING CONSTRUCTION PHASE .........................139 8.4 E NVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS DURING THE OPERATION PHASE .........................140 8.5 E NVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING .................................................140 8.6 P UBLIC CONSULTATION ...........................................................................................140 8.7 C ONCLUSION ..........................................................................................................141 8.8 S UGGESTION ..........................................................................................................141 APPENDIX 1 NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT FOR INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ................................................................ .............................. III 1. General 1.1 Project background 1.1.1 Project background Changzhi is located in the southeast part of Shanxi Province. It is surrounded by Taihang Mountain, and Changzhi is acknowledged as a gifted place. In recent years, rapid development has seen in its social, economic and cultural aspects, the urban development of Changzhi has also accomplished. In 2004, Changzhi was named one of the Ten Charming Cities in china; later in 2006, it was named National Garden City. As the first city awarded such titles in Shanxi Province, it is also leading in integrated city management and ‘green’ development. However, the private vehicle ownership in Changzhi is growing rapidly, leading to severe emissions, safety, congestion and other negative impacts. It has been well recognized that the roadway capacity expansion can not catch up with the growing private vehicle demand, the Municipal Government of Changzhi (MGC) has established “Suggestions of urban development master plan and integrated transportation master plan for Changzhi”, “Plan of public transport development for Changzhi”, “Study of traffic safety and its management and monitoring for Changzhi” under the aid from GEF China Urban Transport Partnership Project. This project is proposed based on the GEF project, and financially supported by World Bank. The successful completion of this project could improve the efficiency of transportation in the city, improve the public travel method, and promote traffic safety and green idea into the city development. Overall, it is very important for the sustainable development of Changzhi. 1.1.2 Objective of EA Based on the requirement from “The environment protection law of the people's republic of china”, “Law of the People's Republic of China on Environmental Impact Assessment” and “Ordinance on administration for environmental protection of construction projects”, the project impact on the environment need to be assessed and the environmental impact assessment report needs to be prepared. In July 2011, Changzhi project management office engaged Shanxi Academy of Environment Sciences (SAES hereafter) for carrying out the environmental impact assessment of this project. After receiving engagement, the SAES primarily organized relevant staff to conduct field investigation and collection of relevant information. Public consultation and information disclosure were also conducted. The SAES also communicates with related units and departments on the feasibility study of